Research in Sports Management and Movement Behavior

The Relationship between organizational culture with knowledge management effectiveness and organizational effectiveness among selected sport organizations of Iran

Authors

Alireza Omidi 1
Fereydoon Tondnevis 2
Seyyed Amir Ahmad Mozafari 2

1 Shahrekord University

2 Kharazmi University

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to survey the relationship between organizational culture with knowledge management effectiveness and organizational effectiveness among selected sport organizations of Iran. For this purpose, 169 administrators and 209 experts have been selected using random sampling. The study scales consisted of Denison’s Organizational Culture Questionnaire (2007), Gold’s Knowledge Management Effectiveness Questionnaire (2001) and Chin’s Organizational Effectiveness Questionnaire (2004). To determine the face and content validity were used from panel of experts, construct validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis) and reliability (alpha cronbach. Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to determine causal relationships and present of model. Results showed that organizational culture has a significant positive direct effective on KM effectiveness (P= 0/66). KM effectiveness has a significant positive direct effective on organizational effectiveness (P= 0/41) and organizational culture has a significant positive direct effective on organizational effectiveness (P=0/55) and finally organizational culture has a significant indirect effect on organizational effectiveness (P=0/31).

Keywords

Sport Organizations
Organizational culture
KM Effectiveness
Research in Sports Management and Movement Behavior
Volume 2, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
December 2012
Pages 87-103